Writing
Techniques Articles
1. Write 2. Edit
Step one -
Write. Step two - Edit.
It's like marching left, right,
left, right, hup, two, three, four...
Write first, edit second; write first, edit second.
This is a great mantra! Recite it to yourself often.
Editing on the fly -- always
-- messes with your
getting to inspired, original creation.
Step one - Write fast to overwhelm your internal editor.
It's key to be clear and firm about writing first, editing
later. Your unconscious will catch on quickly and bring
torrents of inspired writing to your awareness!
Step two - Edit it all later or on another day, during a
separate session.
All good authors follow this law. You allow your
unconscious mind the space to express -- as fast and as
much as possible, without any rules to follow (other than
more and fast is better!) and then clean, arrange and
spruce it up later.
Many authors speak of how they were just channels for the
book, or how the characters wrote the book, or even how it
landed -- plomp! -- in their head and they just had to copy
it down!
I am encouraging you to allow this to happen within a
structure that allows your unconscious opportunities to
express, and then later, let your conscious mind fine tune
the writing output.